archiveMay 11, 2020

Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, the State Minister for Education, has said that Nigerians on scholarship abroad have been paid through their various Embassies. Nwajiuba said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily news briefing on Monday in Abuja. He said that the money had gotten to the embassies in...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued guidelines for private laboratories to conduct coronavirus tests across the country. The Director-General of the Centre, Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday. The DG said the guidelines would...

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reminded regulated entities in the capital market to continue to make adequate disclosures on the impact of Covid-19 on their businesses This was contained in a circular the Commission issued on Monday to provide an update to stakeholders in the capital market....

Sterling Bank Plc, a full service national commercial bank, has reported a net operating income of N18.779 billion during its first quarter ended March 31, 2020 compared with N18.565 billion during the corresponding period of 2019, representing an increase of 1.2 percent. This was disclosed in the bank's condensed unaudited...

  Thirty-three more coronavirus patients have been discharged from the isolation facilities of Lagos State. According to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, they include 24 males and nine females. The Governor said 17 of the patients were from Onikan and 16 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) Isolation Centres. They were discharged having fully recovered...

Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, visited the scene of the fire incident that razed some shops at Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Friday. The governor, who was accompanied by the chairman of Akinyele Local Government, Hon. Hon. Taoheed Adedigba and the Chairman, State...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the airlifting of the country’s allocation of the Madagascar anti-coronavirus drink. “Mr President has given instructions for the airlifting of Nigeria’s allocation of the Madagascar #Covid19 Syrup,” Boss Mustapha, secretary to the federal government said at the COVID19 daily press briefing. Mustapha disclosed that...

A former Governor of Abia State, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu has remained in Kuje Prison because the judgement of the Supreme Court does not affect him. The Apex Court, it was learnt, did not issue any order for Kalu’s release because he did not file any application for such. The...

Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Chief Onueze Okocha (SAN) has defended the actions of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, including his recent demolition of two hotels in the state, saying the governor acted appropriately. Okocha advised persons uncomfortable with the Executive Orders which the governor relied on...

The nation’s bourse resumed trading for the week on Monday on a bearish trend with the crucial indices dropping by 0.39 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI) lost 94.57 points or 0.39 per cent to close at 23,950.83 compared with 24,045.40 on Friday. Similarly, the market capitalisation which opened...